After more than a decade of trying to get a studio to film a movie based on Paul Brickhill's book The Great Escape, John Sturges finally got backing from the Mirisch Company to recreate the true-life story of Allied officers escaping from a German ...
This is the movie where Steve McQueen earned his place in the pantheon of superstardom, starring as the trouble-maker American aviator and prisoner of war, Captain Virgil Hilts.
Based on a true story, The Great Escape, directed...
Pros: Exciting, humorous, great show of teamwork Cons: Minor quibbles of accuracy which are nitpicky in terms of the overall picture
TNT bills The Great Escape as a movie for guys who love movies. This is the ultimate macho man flick. You have a huge cast of men (I don't believe there is one woman in the whole film) doing macho-manly things like digging tunnels, stealing planes, and...
Pros: Great acting, believability Cons: Escapes like this no longer plausible
This is only the second prisoner-of-war movie I have ever reviewed for epinions; the first was Hart's War. "The Great Escape" is somewhat less complex than "Hart's War" in that the Germans ...
The Great Escape is like one of those ageless movies that will never fail to entertain. It's one that you can appreciate for what it is, which is an admirable war epic about men facing incredible odds. But the odds they face is the setup for an enormous ...
Pros: cast, story, script Cons: lengthy, sometimes melodramatic
Producer/director John Sturges had wanted to make "The Great Escape" for some years. But he had met resistance from the studios, partly because of the necessary budget, but mostly because the film's story had a downbeat ending. However, after...
Pros: Proficient acting, suspenseful plotting, excellent stagecraft. Cons: Not much complexity in characters.
The Great Escape is the consummate World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) escape film, lavishly mounted with plenty of star power and milking every last drop of entertainment from this aspect of prison camp life.
Pros: Great plot, humor, overall entertaining Cons: The three hours fly by
This is one of those movies that always ends up popping up on television at the oddest times. For no good reason, a station decides to really push this thing and make a whole night of it. That's how I got sucked into this movie. I just finished my...
Pros: Inspiring, and entertaining, a great and memorable film Cons: Nothing is wrong with this one.
"The Great Escape" is just that, a mass escape planned by a joint allied effort in a German POW camp during World War II.
With such an all star cast it would be difficult not to like something about this movie. It's inspiring to say the...
Pros: A fantastic plot together with great writing, a dream cast, and superb acting make this film a winner. Cons: The movie is a tad long, but don't let that stop you.
From the opening of the movie, theme music blaring, you know you are in for a treat. It is the summer movie of 1963. It is a story based in truth. For many, it is an introduction to the travesty that was WWII. It is The Great Escape....
Pros: Action Packed Edge of seat thriller. Cons: None
This Movie is great. If you have seen the movie chicken run than you are gonna think that chicken run copied this movie big time but that's ok. This one is way more action packed. In this movie, companionship is presented. It is shown also that...
Pros: Entertaining story, good acting. Cons: Long film, almost three hours.
This is a film that has stood the test of time. Any history or film buff will really enjoy this look inside a Nazi stalag. A star studded cast including Steve McQueen, James Garner, and James Coburn bring familiar faces to the entertaining script. Well...
Pros: Very good A/V quality, French dub, subtitles and documentary featurette Cons: Ugly, inexplicably garish menus
The past seven decades have seen the release of innumerable WWII films. A relative handful of these are truly great movies, the majority are products of wretched hackery, and too many of the latter are unconscionable fictions that have been unfairly ...
Great Movie For Any Occasion by Blue13 ,Aug 28 '05
Pros: Great characters, action, and comedy Cons: Maybe a little work on the ending
What do you get when you mix a classic prison break plot, a mess of Nazis, and countless great actors? A wonderful, suspense filled movie that will leave you feeling satisfied as a viewer of this great flick. Trapped in a Nazi prison camp, soldiers of World War II, including James Brolin and the ultra cool Steve McQueen, plan the escape of not one, or two, but all of the prisoners of the camp. A mix of comedy, action, drama, and suspense are roused when watching this film. I recommend this for anyone who is looking for a classic action movie, I assure you, you will not be dissapointed
In 1943, the Germans opened Stalag Luft North, a maximum-security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing s...More at Buy.com
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